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Congratulations on your purchase of Avid®Interplay®, a powerful system for managing media in
a shared storage environment. This guide describes how to use Avid Interplay Access, an
Interplay client application that provides access to the Interplay database.
This guide is intended for all Interplay end users who need to work with master clips, sequences,
and other assets in an Avid Unity
Some tasks described in this guide can be performed only by users with administrative
privileges.
Interplay Access is supported on both the Microsoft
When necessary, the guide describes platform-specific differences.
The documentation describes the features and hardware of all models. Therefore, your system
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might not contain certain features and hardware that are covered in the documentation.
Limited number of client applications per user per machine: A user can run only one Interplay
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Access session and one Interplay Administrator session on one machine. This software does not
support terminal/server sessions.
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MediaNetwork or Avid Unity ISIS™ workgroup environment.
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Windows® and the Mac OS®X platforms.
Symbols and Conventions
Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:
Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action
Symbols and Conventions
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>This symbol indicates menu commands (and subcommands) in the
(Windows), (Windows
only), (Macintosh), or
(Macintosh only)
Bold fontBold font is primarily used in task instructions to identify user interface
Italic fontItalic font is used to emphasize certain words and to indicate variables.
Courier Bold font
A note provides important related information, reminders,
recommendations, and strong suggestions.
A caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to
your computer or cause you to lose data.
A warning describes an action that could cause you physical harm.
Follow the guidelines in this document or on the unit itself when
handling electrical equipment.
order you select them. For example, File > Import means to open the
File menu and then select the Import command.
This symbol indicates a single-step procedure. Multiple arrows in a list
indicate that you perform one of the actions listed.
This text indicates that the information applies only to the specified
operating system, either Windows or Macintosh OS X.
items and keyboard sequences.
Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.
Ctrl+key or mouse actionPress and hold the first key while you press the last key or perform the
If You Need Help
If you are having trouble using your Avid product:
1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that task in this guide. It is
especially important to check each step of your workflow.
2. Check the latest information that might have become available after the documentation was
published:
mouse action. For example, Command+Option+C or Ctrl+drag.
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Viewing Help and Documentation on the Interplay Portal
-If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as printed release notes, they
are shipped with your application and are also available online.
-If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as a ReadMe file, it is
supplied on your Avid installation media as a PDF document (README_product.pdf)
and is also available online.
You should always check online for the most up-to-date release notes or ReadMe
because the online version is updated whenever new information becomes available. To
view these online versions, select ReadMe from the Help menu, or visit the Knowledge Base
at www.avid.com/readme.
3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or your hardware for
maintenance or hardware-related issues.
4. Visit the online Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/onlinesupport. Online services are
available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this online Knowledge Base to find
answers, to view error messages, to access troubleshooting tips, to download updates, and to
read or join online message-board discussions.
Viewing Help and Documentation on the Interplay
Portal
You can quickly access the Interplay Help, PDF versions of the Interplay guides, and useful
external links by viewing the Interplay User Information Center on the Interplay Portal. The
Interplay Portal is a web site that runs on the Interplay Engine.
You can access the Interplay User Information Center through a browser from any system in the
Interplay environment. You can also access it through the Help menu in Interplay Access and the
Interplay Administrator.
The Interplay Help combines information from all Interplay guides in one Help system. It
includes a combined index and a full-featured search. From the Interplay Portal, you can run the
Help in a browser or download a compiled (.chm) version for use on other systems, such as a
laptop.
To open the Interplay User Information Center through a browser:
1. Type the following line in a web browser:
http://Interplay_Engine_name
For Interplay_Engine_name substitute the name of the computer running the Interplay
Engine software. For example, the following line opens the portal web page on a system
named docwg:
http://docwg
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2. Click the “Avid Interplay Documentation” link to access the User Information Center web
page.
To open the Interplay User Information Center from Interplay Access or the Interplay
Administrator:
tSelect Help > Documentation Website on Server.
Interplay Documentation
The following documents describe how to use Avid Interplay:
•Avid Interplay Best Practices — provides an overview of the major Interplay components,
shows sample configuration diagrams, and describes several of the key features, such as
setting up a user database and using the Avid Interplay Archive Engine.
•Avid Interplay Software Installation and Configuration Guide — describes how to use the
Avid Interplay Installer DVD to install and configure software on the various systems that
make up a Interplay environment.
•Avid Interplay Engine Failover Guide — describes how to set up a cluster configuration for
the Avid Interplay Engine and the Avid Interplay Archive engine.
•Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive Engine Administration Guide — describes
how to administer your Avid Interplay Engine or Avid Interplay Archive Engine and Avid
Interplay database.
Interplay Documentation
•Avid Interplay Access User’s Guide — describes how to use Interplay Access to browse,
search, and work with assets in the Avid Interplay database.
•Avid Interplay Assist User’s Guide — describes how to use Interplay Assist for logging,
archiving, and sending to Playback material in an Interplay environment.
•Avid Instinct User’s Guide — describes how to use the Avid Instinct application to write
iNEWS stories and put together simple audio and video sequences.
•Avid Interplay Media Services Setup and User’s Guide — Avid Interplay Media Services
lets you control and automate Transcode, Archive, and ProEncode services.
•Avid Interplay Transfer Setup and User’s Guide — describes how to use Interplay Transfer
to transfer media to and from another workgroup, send finished sequences to a configured
playback device, ingest media from a configured ingest device, and perform standalone
transfers between workstations.
•Avid Service Framework User’s Guide — describes how to use the logging, monitoring, and
management features of the Avid Service Framework applications.
•Avid Low Res Encode Setup and Configuration — describes how to set up and configure an
Avid Low Res Encode system. Includes information on updating the bootset, root disk
image, and configuring a Low Res Encode system to work with CaptureManager.
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•Avid Interplay Capture User’s Guide — describes how to use Interplay Capture, a newsroom
ingest tool that enables automated recordings.
•Avid Interplay Capture Administrator’s Guide — describes administrative concepts, tasks,
and reference material for Avid Interplay Capture.
•Avid CaptureManager User’s Guide — describes how to use CaptureManager
newsroom environment to coordinate video feeds, schedule feed captures at both high and
low resolutions, and record late breaking events instantly.
•Avid CaptureManager Installation and Configuration Guide — describes how to set up and
configure CaptureManager.
All documents are available in PDF form on the Interplay Portal and also on the Avid Knowledge
Base at www.avid.com/onlinesupport.
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1Getting Started with Avid Interplay
Access
The following topics provide basic information to help you get started using Avid Interplay
Access:
•Interplay Access Overview
•Supported Platforms
•Starting Interplay Access
•Connecting to a Database
•Changing Your Password
•Removing a Database from the Tree Structure
•Interplay Access Views
•Keyboard Shortcuts
•Context Menus
•Opening Interplay Help
•Logging Out and Exiting
•Configuring Interplay Access Options
Interplay Access Overview
The Avid Interplay system is the world's leading production asset management system, with
hundreds of system installations at the world’s leading broadcasters and content producers.
Avid Interplay Access is an Interplay client application that provides access to the Interplay
database, as well as interaction with streaming media that is available in certain Interplay
configurations.
Interplay Access is designed to run on any standard Windows or Mac OS X computer connected
to the Interplay system through either a local-area network (LAN) or a wide-area network
(WAN). WAN access requires a 1 megabit/second or higher connection through VPN security.
Interplay Access does not require Unity MediaNetwork or ISIS client software, a particular
video card, or connection to Avid-certified network infrastructure.
Interplay Access Overview
Producers and production staff can use Interplay Access to browse, view, log, and organize
assets, such as master clips and sequences, graphic files, and other project-related files such as
scripts or spreadsheets. For graphics files, sequences, and other files, Interplay Access provides a
powerful version control system, and all data can be archived into libraries for storage or later
use.
You can play Avid video and audio clips in the Interplay Access Monitor if the clips are
associated with MPEG-4/H.263 or H.264 proxy video media, MPEG1 Layer 2 audio media, or
both.
In Interplay v2.4, the Interplay Stream Server was re-engineered to directly play MPEG-4/H.263
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and H.264 video media and MPEG1 Layer 2 audio media. There is no longer any need to use the
Publishing service or Workflow Engine to create QuickTime reference movies for streaming play.
Double-click a clip that uses supported proxy media and the clip plays in the Monitor.
You can also use Interplay Access to add locators and create subclips and shotlists. Locators are
editable markers that you can add to clips, sequences, and shotlists in Access. These locators can
be displayed in Avid editing applications, and locators that you add in Avid editing applications
and check in to Interplay are displayed in Access. Shotlists are essentially Avid sequences. You
can set In and Out marks on proxy-media clips, use them to create a shotlist, and then check the
shotlist into the Interplay database for further review or playback.
Interplay Access provides search tools that let you to easily find shots, clips, sequences, or other
elements defined for the project without knowing file names, and to quickly see the
dependencies and relatives involved. You can also use Avid Interplay to manage sequences and
other Avid assets whose media is no longer online. You can then search for these assets, view
information about them such as the source tape name, obtain the source footage, and recapture it.
Interplay Access also provides an internal Messenger service that allows users to communicate
in near-realtime with other Access users, and send messages that embed links to Interplay assets
for easy reference.
For more information about Interplay concepts and components, see Avid Interplay Best
Practices and the Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive Engine Administration
Guide.
Working with Assets
Assets are files that are stored as entries in an Interplay database. Assets include both the source
files (for example, graphics files or Avid media files) and the information about the source files,
known as metadata. The source files are usually stored on an Avid shared storage system, while
the metadata is stored as a record in the database.
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Interplay Access Overview
When you use Interplay Access or another Interplay application to work with assets, you are
usually working with links to the original asset. You can have multiple links to the same asset,
for example, by having the same link in two different folders. Multiple links affect the deletion
process. For more information, see “Deletion, Multiple Links, and Reservations” on page 254.
Avid Assets and File Assets
When you work with Interplay, it’s important to understand the differences between Avid assets
and file assets. Avid assets are assets that are created by Avid applications through capture,
ingest, import, or transfer. Avid assets include:
•Master clips
•Subclips
•Sequences
•Effects
•Motion effects
•Rendered effects
•Group clips
File assets are any assets that are not created by an Avid application. Any file you can create on
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your workstation, through applications such as Adobe Photoshop
or Microsoft Word, can be
added to the Interplay database and managed by Interplay as a file asset.
Some differences are:
•File assets are added to the database through the Interplay Access Import feature. Avid
assets are added to the database through an Avid editing application.
•By default, only one user can modify a file asset at one time, through the controlled
check-in/check-out process. More than one user can modify an Avid asset at one time.
•Previous versions of file assets and Avid sequences are stored in the database, so you can
review or revert back to an older version if necessary. For other Avid assets, the last version
checked in becomes the only version stored in the database. For more information about the
version control system, see “Working with File Assets” on page 203 and “Version History
and Archiving” on page 284.
Other differences are noted throughout this guide.
Using Folders
Folders provide structure to an Avid Interplay database, and managing folders is an important
function of Interplay Access. Folders can hold file assets, Avid assets, or both. The Interplay
database includes a default set of top-level folders, but you can create new folders that match the
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requirements of your facility’s organization and workflow. The same folders are visible by other
Interplay client applications, such as the Interplay Window and Interplay Assist. For more
information, see “Adding and Organizing Assets” on page 61.
Finding Assets by Searching and Browsing
You can use Interplay Access to perform simple text-based or extended searches that can also
search across remote workgroups. You typically base a search for assets on their associated
attributes. For example, you can search for all assets that have the word “promo” in their names,
all assets from a particular source tape, or all assets from a particular tape that have the word
“promo” in their names.
After you have found assets that meet your search or browsing criteria, Interplay Access offers
multiple views of your results, with metadata columns that resemble those in Avid bins, and
provides detailed information about their attributes, including media relatives. For more
information, see “Browsing the Database” on page 94.
Supported Platforms
Avid Interplay Access is supported on both Windows and Mac OS X. For more specific
information about supported platforms, see the Avid Interplay ReadMe.
Supported Platforms
On the Mac OSX platform, Interplay Access supports all operations relating to file assets and
most operations relating to Avid assets, except the following:
•Resyncing the Interplay database with Avid shared-storage workspaces
Operations that involve Avid editing applications on a Macintosh system (for example, checking
in and checking out) are supported in the Interplay environment for this release.
Specific notes regarding platform support are listed in “Interplay Access Menus” on page 308
and throughout this document.
Starting Interplay Access
How you log in depends on how the administrator has configured Interplay user authentication.
To start Interplay Access:
1. Do one of the following:
tDouble-click the Interplay Access icon on your desktop.
t(Macintosh) Click the icon and name in the Dock menu.
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Starting Interplay Access
tIf you are logged on to the Avid Interplay Administrator, select File > Open Interplay
Access.
The Avid Interplay Logon dialog box opens.
2. Select the server you want to work with by doing one of the following:
tAccept the server that is displayed (the last server connected).
tClick the arrow for the Server list and select the server name from the list.
The first part of the list shows recent servers, the second part of the list shows servers
that were added manually (not on a local area network), and the third part shows servers
available on your local area network
tClick the arrow for the Server list and select Add Server. Type a new server name or IP
address.
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Starting Interplay Access
Primary
database in
the Folders
pane
Browse button
If the server you select does not currently have an active database, a message that states this
information is displayed in the Database text box. An administrator might need to activate an
existing database or create a new one.
3. Select the database that you want to work with.
Databases available on the selected server are displayed in the Database list. In most cases
there will be only one database: AvidWG for an online database or AvidAM for an archive
database.
After you log in, the database you select becomes the primary database.
4. Type your username and password, as supplied by the administrator.
The Avid Interplay Access window opens, with the primary database displayed in the
Folders pane.
For information about the Interplay Access window, see “Interplay Access Views” on
page 28.
Setting the Default Working Folder
The first time you start Avid Interplay Access, the Set Default Working Folder dialog box opens.
This is the folder where local copies of file assets (but not Avid assets) are stored when you
check them out for editing (see “Working with File Assets” on page 203). The working folder is
sometimes referred to as the local folder or the default working path.
You can change the working folder after you set it. You can also change the path for an
individual folder. For more information, see “Setting the Working Path for a Folder” on page 35.
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To set the default working folder:
1. Do one of the following:
tKeep the default:
(Windows) C:\Documents and Settings\username\WorkgroupWork
(Macintosh) /Users/username/WorkgroupWork
tClick the Browse (...) button to select another folder.
3. Type a new path or click the Browse button and navigate to a new folder.
4. Click OK.
Connecting to a Database
To work with Interplay Access, you must connect to an existing database on an Interplay
workgroup. Each workgroup includes one of the following databases:
Connecting to a Database
•AvidWG for online databases
•AvidAM for archive databases
An Interplay database always uses one of these names.
The primary database (the database that you logged into) is always listed in the tree structure in
the Folders pane. An icon indicates whether or not you are connected to a database, as described
in the following table.
IconMeaning
(Green circle with check mark) Database you are connected to
(Red box with X) Database you are not connected to
You can add other databases to the tree structure. The number of databases you can add is limited
only by the license your company has acquired.
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To connect to a database listed in the tree structure:
Connected
databases
1. Select the database name.
2. Do one of the following:
tClick the triangle next to the database name in the Interplay Access.
tSelect File > Logon.
tDouble-click the database name.
tSelect Logon from the context menu of the database.
The Logon dialog box opens.
3. Type your username and password, as supplied by the administrator.
4. Click OK.
Connecting to a Database
You are now connected to that database. The database is listed in the tree structure with a
green circle and check mark.
To connect to a database not listed in the tree structure:
1. Select Databases in the tree structure.
2. Do one of the following:
tSelect File > Connect to Database.
tSelect Connect to Database from the context menu.
The Connect to Database dialog box opens.
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Connecting to a Database
3. Select the server and database you want to work with by doing one of the following:
tAccept the server that is displayed.
tType the name of the server that you want to log in to. You can also use an IP address.
tClick the arrow for the Server list and select the server name from the list.
The first part of the list shows recent servers, the second part of the list shows servers
that were added manually (not on a local area network), and the third part shows servers
available on your local area network
tClick the arrow for the Server list and select Add Server. Type a new server name.
The database for the selected server is displayed in the Connect to Database dialog box.
AvidWG is an online database and AvidAM is an archive database.
4. Select the name of the database you want to connect to.
5. Click OK.
The Logon dialog box opens.
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6. Type the username and password for the database.
If necessary, contact the administrator for the correct username and password.
7. Click OK.
You are now connected to that database. The database is listed in the tree structure with a
green circle and check mark.
Changing Your Password
If your account is configured for internal authentication, you can change your password.
If you use Windows, LDAP, or Avid shared-storage authentication methods to log on to
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Avid Interplay, this section does not apply.
Changing Your Password
To change the password for your username:
1. Select the database for which you want to change the password.
2. Select File > Change Password.
The Change Password dialog box opens.
3. Type your current password in the Current Password text box and your new password in the
New password text box. Type the new password in the Verify text box.
4. Click OK.
Removing a Database from the Tree Structure
Removing a database from the tree structure does not delete or destroy the database. It only
removes the database from your view.
To remove a database from the tree structure:
1. Click the database name.
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2. Do one of the following:
tSelect File > Remove Database(s).
tSelect the database and select Remove Database(s) from the context menu.
Interplay Access Views
After you log in, the Interplay Access window opens and displays the view that was saved when
the last time you logged out. The Interplay Access window displays one of three views:
•Browsing view
•Logging view
•Shotlist view
For information about these views, see “Working with Views” on page 37.
The following illustration shows the default Browsing view.
Interplay Access Views
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Keyboard Shortcuts
For some actions in Avid Interplay Access, you can use keyboard shortcuts. How you type
shortcuts depends on your platform.
The following table shows which key you must press in combination with the shortcut key on
each platform.
PlatformShortcut Key
WindowsCtrl
Mac OS XCommand (Apple)
For example, to display the search panel, do one of the following:
•(Windows) Press Ctrl+F.
•(Macintosh) Press Command+F.
Keyboard shortcuts are displayed in the menus and provided throughout this guide. For shortcuts
you can use to play and edit media, see “Keyboard Shortcuts” on page 305. For menu commands
and shortcuts, see “Interplay Access Menus” on page 308.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Context Menus
For some actions in Interplay Access, you can use a context menu. How you open the context
menu depends on your platform. The following table shows the appropriate key and mouse
button combination on each platform:
Platform
WindowsRight-click
Mac OS XCtrl+click or right-click
Context menu commands are provided throughout this guide.
Button
Combinations
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Opening Interplay Help
The Interplay Help system is installed when you install the Interplay Engine. The Interplay Help
system provides all user and administrator information that is contained in the Interplay manuals.
The Interplay Access Help menu provides five entry points: one for the Welcome screen and four
that correspond to four Interplay applications:
•Interplay Access Help
•Interplay Administration Help
•Interplay Media Services Help
•Interplay Transfer Help
You can access the entire Help system from any of those entry points by clicking the Show
Navigation button.
To access Interplay Help:
tSelect Help, and then select the desired entry point.
tSelect Documentation Website on Server.
The Avid Interplay User Information Center page opens. You can open the Help, PDF
versions of the Interplay user guides, and other useful links. See “Viewing Help and
Documentation on the Interplay Portal” on page 15.
Opening Interplay Help
Logging Out and Exiting
When you are finished using Interplay Access, you can log out of a database or exit the
application. Exiting the application logs you out automatically.
To log out, click the database and do one of the following:
tSelect File > Logout from Database.
tSelect Logout from Database from the context menu.
To exit and close the application:
tSelect File > Exit
The state of the tree structure is saved when you log out and is restored the next time you log
in to Interplay Access on the same machine.
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